Breast-bow for harness.



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'BREAST-BOW FOR/HARNESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 746,180, datedDecember l8, 1903- Application led May 6, 1903. Serial No. 155,911. (No model.)

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Beit known that I, ORIsPEN SEvERNs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mohawk Village, in the county of Coshocton and State of Ohio, have invented av new and useful Breast-Bow for Harness, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved. breast bow or collar for single harness, and has for its object to provide a simple, iuexpensive,

and efficient device of this character adapted to Aprotect thel throat and wind-passage of a horsewhile drawing a carriage or other vehicle, thereby preventing choking of the animal or interference with proper respiration while running. A

A further object of vthe invention is to provide a breast-bow which may be easily and readily connected to or disconnected from the tug-plate, so as to facilitate the putting on or removal of the harness, and, furthermore, to

cause the pull or line of draft from the shoulder instead of the throat and to prevent rubbing or chaiing of the horses sides by the trace.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement'of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated iu the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in form,

- proportions, and minor details of construction may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a horse, showing my im proved breast bow or collar applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same detached, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing one end of the breast-bow detached from the tug-plate.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings. A,

1 designates the trace, 2 the pad-strap, and 3 my improved breast bow or collar. The breast-bow 3 consists of a substantially semicircular bar or rod 4, formed of metal or other suitable material, the opposite ends of which are bent at right angles and provided with l slots or recesses 5, adapted to receive the inwardly-extending hooks 6 of the tug-plates 7.

The tug-plates 7, which may be of any desired shape or configuration, are preferably rectangular in form, the rear end thereof being bent upwardly and outwardly and provided with an'openiug 8 for the reception of the trace, the trace, passing over the bar 9 and through said opening, being secured to the back of the tug-plate in anylsuitable manner, as by rivets l0. By having the trace pass over the bar 9 instead of directly through the opening 8 the trace is prevented from coming in contact with the animals shoulders, removing the pull on line of draft from the animals throat, and preventing rubbing and chaiingof the parts. A

The plate 7 is formed-with an outwardlyextending rib or flange 11, provided with an 'opening 12, communicating with a similar opening 13 in the body of the plate and through which the pad-strap 2 passes, as clearly shownin Fig. 1 of the drawings. A depending eye or loop Mis secured to or formed integral with the breast-bow 3, adapt-A ed to receive the choke-strap 15, the opposite end of which is connected in the usual manner vto the bellybaud of the harness. By

having the breast-bow detachably secured to the tug plates either end thereof may be quickly disconnected to facilitate the putting on or removal of the harness, while the peculiar shape of the breast-bow effectively prevents choking of the animal and causes the pull or line of draft from the shoulders instead of the throat.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. .A breast-bow for single harness comprising, a pair of tug-plates one end of each of which is provided with an outwardly-extending marginal rib or flange having atrace-receiving opening formed therein, the opposite end of each plate bein g bentto form'inwardlyextending hooks, an outwardly-curved bar connecting said hooks, and traces passing over the marginal ribs or flanges and through the openings therein, said traces being secured to the back of the tug-plates.

2. A breast-bow for single harness comprising, a pair of tug-plates one end of each of IOO which is provided With an outwardlyextending rib or flange having :t pair of openings formed therein and arranged at right angles to ezieh other, the opposite end of each plate being bent to forin inwardly-extending hooks, :LnoutWzLrdIy-eurved bm' provided with a oentraUy-disposed depending loop detaehably connected to the hooks, and traces passing over the marginal ribs or flanges and through one of the openings therein, said traces being Io secured to the back of the tug-plates.

In testimony that I Claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aiiixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

(JRISPEN SEVERNS.

Vitnesses:

T. E. ALMACK, T. H. WHEELER. 

